--- title: By what means did Prince Yamato Take overcome the serpent encountere… — Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did Prince Yamato Take overcome the serpent encountered on Mount Ibuki? Exam question 1 of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» of the books course of Mova's primary --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1379-pg4018-part39/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1379-pg4018-part39/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo… By what means did Prince Yamato Take overcome the serpent encountered on Mount Ibuki? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Yamato, serpent · **What happens:** mean, take overcome, encounter · **To what, where:** Mount This is exam question 1 of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1379-pg4018-part39/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e1:1 # text = By what means did Prince Yamato Take overcome the serpent encountered on Mount Ibuki? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:desc _ _ 6 Yamato Yamato PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 8 overcome overcome ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 encountered encounter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Mount Mount PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 Ibuki Ibuki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take overcome** | past · do-support | Yamato Prince | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **encounter** | past | the serpent | | | Mount | | | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He strangled it with his bare arms ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e1:o1:1 # text = He strangled it with his bare arms 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 strangled strangle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strangle** | past | He | it | | | | with his bare arms | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with arm=Instrument | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He struck it with a wooden club ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e1:o2:1 # text = He struck it with a wooden club 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | He | it | | | | with a wooden club | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with club=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} He cut it down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e1:o3:1 # text = He cut it down 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut down** | past | He | it | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} He stabbed it with a long spear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:e1:o4:1 # text = He stabbed it with a long spear 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stabbed stab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stab** | past | He | it | | | | with a long spear | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with spear=Instrument | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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